The Return Of The Genius Ranker Of All Times [EN]: Chapter 95

95.

The Great Mountain Range, Entrance.

Kuaaaaaah-!

A giant with a massive eye embedded in its forehead: a Cyclops.

The towering giant, reaching 20 meters in height, pierced the clouds and gazed down upon the earth.

Standing before such a monster was a single human.

Whoong- whoong-.

The human, wielding a massive two-handed sword, lightly swung the blade, which was larger than his own body, as if dusting it off.

He swung it about five times.

Crackle-.

The space he swung through emitted a strange sound, like shattering glass, and began to crack.

Then, the Cyclops let out a monstrous scream.

Kuaaaaaah! Kua!

It was neither a threat nor a warning.

It was merely the fear of prey before a predator.

The Cyclops, its body drenched in blood, struggled to move its unmoving limbs, desperately backing away.

At that moment.

“Huuuh!”

The man, having held his breath, unleashed his sword.

Swoosh-!

Instantly, the entire space between the Cyclops and the man was cleaved diagonally in two, and the Cyclops’s head was severed.

Thud.

That was the end.

A death that was endlessly pathetic for the end of a Cyclops, who faintly carried the blood of the great giant race.

Anyone who saw this would be appalled, but the woman watching from afar had a serene expression.

Hair tied in a ponytail, wearing glasses and a suit, she approached with the same indifference as her usual expression and reported.

“Master, the video has been uploaded.”

“Video?”

“It’s about Kaiser.”

The man who had nonchalantly dusted the blood off his sword after defeating the Cyclops, Myulsal, stopped abruptly.

The look in his eyes sharpened as he turned around.

But that was only for a moment.

Soon, his eyes, having regained their previous indifference, turned to his secretary. His voice was even more arid than before.

“Haven’t we already seen his videos?”

“This is a new video. He single-handedly defeated the Death Orc Warrior.”

“…That guy?”

Interest sparked on Myulsal’s face.

The Death Orc Warrior was a field boss in Brion.

As a field boss with an elite rating, it boasted considerable difficulty in that section. Even he had struggled with a solo try.

“Video.”

“Yes.”

The secretary, understanding the brief command, turned on the screen linked to NewTube [a fictional video-sharing platform].

Myulsal watched the video for several minutes.

As the video ended, Myulsal, who had gradually become serious, said quietly.

“He takes him down easily. Very easily.”

“…I believe Master is also capable of it.”

“Yes, I am capable.”

He scoffed and spat out.

“If I were given at least twice the time as him, that is.”

“…Shall we recruit him?”

“No.”

He shook his head at the question from his ever-serious female secretary.

“He’s not a man who will commit himself to any organization.”

“…”

“He hasn’t rusted at all.”

Myulsal’s face, muttering quietly, was indifferent, but the female secretary, who had been assisting him for a long time, could see it.

That her master was purely admiring him.

‘I’ve never seen him like this before…’

The female secretary swallowed hard at the unfamiliar sight.

This was the master who hadn’t shown any particular reaction even when facing the masters of the other top 10 guilds.

A man who was always ahead of others.

A man who never tensed up, even while taking on the greatest risks.

That was Myulsal, the master of the Execution Guild, who did it as naturally as breathing.

And now that master was admiring a video from Brion?

‘Is he that good…’

It was clear that he would become a great danger in the future.

Especially since the target was ‘Kaiser,’ it was even more unsettling.

Since they had a past connection, they would inevitably become entangled.

In that case…

‘…Maybe it would be better to destroy him.’

It was when the female secretary’s eyes turned cold.

“He was the top ranker in Raven this time, right?”

“…Yes.”

“And he met the High Priest.”

“That’s correct.”

At Myulsal’s question, she composed herself as if nothing had happened and bowed her head.

Then, Myulsal pondered for a moment and muttered to himself.

“He must be breaking it…”

“Pardon?”

“No, just talking to myself.”

He shook his head and looked up at the sky.

The gloomy sky was covered with dense clouds, obscuring everything ahead.

‘Kaiser.’

When he heard that he had entered Brion, he was curious.

If he was the Kaiser he knew, he would surely show something.

That was still the case now.

However, the direction of his curiosity was different from before.

‘Is he going down that path… He’s chosen a difficult path.’

He didn’t know how he had found it without forming a team, but if he was proceeding with ‘that,’ the result was predetermined.

‘I was frustrated. It seemed like something was hidden, but…’

It was all glitz and glamour on the outside, but empty on the inside, and the difficulty was ridiculously complex.

It looked like a golden dragon to anyone, but there was nothing at the end.

At least, that was what Myulsal had experienced with ‘that.’

That’s why he was even more curious.

‘I’m curious. What kind of results will he show?’

Will he, like himself, face the same result without being any different?

Or will he, as always, write a new history?

After thinking for a moment, Myulsal soon shook his head.

‘…Even for that man, that would be difficult.’

Judging from the fact that he uses skills from other classes like backstabbing, it’s difficult to guess his job, but in the end, his base is a swordsman.

No matter how good he is, he’s just a combatant.

Due to the nature of ‘that,’ which he can’t do with companions, he’s bound to be at a disadvantage.

Unless he’s an All-Master [a player who has mastered all classes] who can detect, find hidden pieces, and even fight alone.

‘That’s impossible.’

Of course, it was an absurd assumption.

Myulsal chuckled and put his sword away.

What kind of reaction would that proud man show in the face of a futile result?

Myulsal was quite looking forward to it.

* * *

The next morning.

“Ugh…”

As usual, Do-hyun stretched and woke up, immediately looking for water.

When he wakes up in the morning, his parched throat desperately craves a glass of cool water. As he quenched his thirst, his stiff body screamed.

“Ugh, did I overdo it yesterday?”

It had been a while since he went to the gym, and once he got there, his tension rose and he lifted too much weight, which was the problem.

He endured the aching in his back and biceps and looked around the living room.

“Hmm.”

Seeing the food on the kitchen table, it seemed that Ms. Chae had gone out as usual.

Since the house was quiet, Hyun-ah was definitely asleep.

‘If I wake her up, she’ll throw a fit again, so I’ll just have to eat alone.’

There was a rule that had to be followed implicitly between the two.

In Do-hyun’s case, it was not to bother her when she was gaming, and in Hyun-ah’s case, it was not to bother her when she was sleeping.

It’s better for his well-being not to bother her, as he might hear all sorts of hysterics and nonsense about how a beauty is a heavy sleeper.

Especially now, when she must be drowning in a hangover.

“Let’s see… the comments…”

As he entered his room, he turned on NewTube on his phone and was soon able to access his channel.

The first thing that greeted him was the number of subscribers.

[Kaiser TV]

-Subscribers: 1.894 million

“Wow…”

It had now far surpassed 1 million and was soon looking at 2 million.

At this point, it was safe to say that it was increasing by 800,000 each time he uploaded a video.

Then how many views did it get?

[Bitter Rock Forest, PKer Cleaning Video]

-Views: 4.79 million

[Death Orc Warrior Try]

-Views: 5.9 million

“Huh.”

It was even faster than when he uploaded his first video.

Was it because the number of subscribers had increased that it rose faster?

It felt like it was only yesterday that he had properly encountered NewTube for the first time, and the rapid rise was so dizzying that he wondered if it was okay to be this easy.

‘But the boss try video is more popular.’

He had secretly thought that the PK [Player Killer] video would get more views.

Boss tries were already common, and such innovative relay battles using the entire field were rare.

It was a somewhat incomprehensible result, but he soon found out why.

-Death Orc Warrior solo clear is insane;; I didn’t know this was possible.

└Isn’t it not a solo clear? He was catching it with a necromancer at first.

└The undead have almost no effective hits, and he’s catching it alone from the middle, so it’s practically a solo clear.

-But how did he deal with the aura of death? Didn’t it just not work on him at that point?

-Who were the guys who soloed Death Warrior? There haven’t been any recently, right?

“Oh… there were very few people who soloed the Brion field boss?”

Unlike Eliza, very few people had solo tried the Brion field boss.

Well, the difficulty was much higher than Eliza.

He buffs his body with the warrior’s national soup trait, debuffs with the aura of death…

Just when you think you’ve almost caught it, he has crazy reaction speed with his combat instinct?

It was easy for Do-hyun, who had the ‘Hero’ trait, gangster-like specs, and superhuman control, but it would be quite difficult for ordinary people.

Was that why?

-Kaiser ㅠㅠㅠ Take me

-Sob sob, I have two things to stan!! Yeah, this is what stanning is all about…

-I’m so looking forward to the next video. How is every video he uploads legendary?

“Hmm. It seems like I have a lot more fans.”

Even at a glance, he could see that there were more fans than before.

It was easier to recognize because their 말투 [speech patterns] were all similar, as if they were watching idol fans.

Do-hyun scratched his head with a strange feeling.

He felt strangely embarrassed.

Still, it wasn’t a bad feeling, so Do-hyun chuckled and turned on the auction house.

[Sold Items – 5]

[Items on Auction – 6]

[Current Amount: 8,546,540 won]

‘8.5 million won for 5 items… I’ll make more than before if they all sell?’

Maybe it’s because they were confident in their skills enough to target him.

The quality of the equipment wasn’t bad, so it was selling for more than he thought.

At this rate, he would earn more than 20 million won, even with a rough calculation. Do-hyun’s lips twitched as he smiled at the mere thought.

‘Ah, can’t they just keep attacking me in the future?’

Somehow, 털어먹는 PKers [PKers to rob] seems to be the most lucrative.

He’s gaining fame, and it would be great if they just kept attacking him like this, but unfortunately, that won’t happen anymore.

‘They’d be foolish to attack again after all that.’

Maybe some hyenas will gather when he goes to the next city?

Well, it’s better this way.

Now that he has an important quest ahead of him, it was a positive thing that the annoying guys had disappeared for the time being.

[You have logged into the game.]

[Welcome to the Paradise of Adventure.]

Having confirmed everything, he lightly dived into the capsule, and Jihad and Eliza popped out as if they had been waiting.

-Master, are you a human clock? How do you come in so regularly?

-Lizariza!

“This is my job, so I have to be diligent.”

He stroked Eliza, who was clinging to him, exchanged simple greetings, and immediately moved on.

-Aren’t you going to hunt more today, Master?

“Yeah. I did it all yesterday.”

-Then what are you going to do now?

At Jihad’s question as he followed behind, Do-hyun grinned.

Before him, two lines of messages were shining in yellow.

[Go to ‘Gamillion Adran’ and complete the job quest.]

[Go to High Priest ‘Gildete’ and complete the quest.]

“I have to clear the quests.”

The time had finally come to clear the quests.

As it was a moment he had been looking forward to, he quickly entered the city, and he saw that the scenery of the city was clearly different from yesterday.

“It’s Kaiser.”

“Shh, don’t make eye contact.”

“Why all of a sudden…”

“Didn’t you see the video? You’ll get screwed if you mess with him.”

The users who had been glaring at him with hostile eyes were now busy avoiding eye contact, fearing that their eyes might meet.

“Wow… it’s Kaiser.”

“He logs in from the morning.”

“Will he sign if I ask him to?”

The admiring gaze had increased even more.

Besides that, it felt like there were more NPCs who looked like hunters or guards than usual today. Still, the fantastic scenery made him feel refreshed.

-Kireuk kireuk.

-Liza!

The two guys made pleasant humming sounds at the attention they were getting.

It was around the time he was passing the central fountain, receiving the changed gazes.

‘Hmm. I wonder who I should go to first.’

If he goes straight, it’s the Lair Temple, and if he turns right, the ‘Nameless Temple’ comes out.

A dilapidated temple where NPCs don’t welcome you or give you quests, so no one bothers to go there.

It was in that ‘Nameless Temple’ that Gamillion resided.

The 고민 [worry] was short.

‘The main quest takes precedence.’

Even if it’s a special quest related to the abyss, it can’t be compared to the value of the main quest.

Moreover, since it was related to Do-hyun’s job, it was right to put it as the top priority.